Jacksonville Jaguars Cut Roster To 53, But Aren’t Finished Tinkering

By Joey Farbo

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For most teams in the NFL, cutting down their roster to 53 players is the final step before heading into the regular season. For a team towards the bottom of the league in talent, like the Jacksonville Jaguars, panning the waiver wire for gold after other teams make their cuts is a valuable resource to sure up the back end of the roster.

Of the Jaguars cuts, the only real suprises were Trufant, whose age and lack of special teams ability made him expendable, and Egboh, who had a really strong preseason backing up Tyson Alualu at the 5-technique defensive end position.

The Jaguars are not going to go into practice this week with the same 53-man roster they turned into the league on Saturday afternoon, however. I expect the Jaguars front office to be very active this weekend putting in waiver claims on guys that have been released by better teams that did not have spot for them.

The positions I expect the Jaguars to target on the wire are wide receiver, linebacker, offensive line, pass rushers and tight ends. In fact the Jaguars still have so many needs that I wouldn’t be shocked to see them claim 5 or more players this weekend.

For a young and inexperienced team like the Jaguars, the weekly roster churn is going to become a normal occurrence. If Dave Caldwell finds one or two guys this year on the waiver wire that can become key contributors moving forward, it would go a long way towards accelerating his rebuild.